Dia Veinte hasta Dia Veintidos:-P

This was a busy weekend. On Friday we went to San José. On Saturday, we backed and Noah prepared to leave for Monteverde (the other location for the Spanish program here). On Sunday, Noah left and I came home after church and did homework. I figured rather than tell you what happened, it would be easier to show you :-)

San José

When we got to San José, it was raining. Hard. We hadn't eaten so we decided to find a place to eat and hopefully wait out some of the rain. We couldn't find a Subway, but we were craving some "American" food...

...so we ate at Burger King ;-)

Afterwards, we visited a nearby church. It was truly beautiful.

Noah had done research on a bunch of museums and cultural centers we could see, so we hiked around to find them. Unfortunately, everything seemed to be closing. (It was only about 3pm...we were disappointed.) We were able to get some pictures outside though.

As you can see, it hadn't stopped raining as we had hoped. Actually, Noah later (and accurately) described our trip by saying "we went swimming in San José."

Now, when most students or tourists go to a foreign country, they might look for the bars, beaches, clubs, and resturaunts. You can tell if you are a PHC students, however, if the first place you look for...

...is the Legislative Assembly. ;-)

No, we aren't really fanatical about government. ;-)

We took a walk in the park (in the rain) and saw many statues and monuments.

Some were more interesting than others.

Afterwards, we visited a museum of modern and "Disney" art. It had a large collection of chairs...

...and lamps.

Doesn't this look like it belongs in an Apple Store?

This was made entirely of pens.

This chair...

... was made of Army soliders!

Finally, we walked around the National Culture Center for a little while before hopping on the bus back to San Joaquín.

San Joaquín

I realized that I have been negligent in showing you our little town. Allow me to give you a quick tour.

This is the view from our porch.

Noah, Benjamin, and I literally live within "walking distance" of each other. My house is to the right, Benjamin is directly to the left, and Noah is the house on the left a little bit beyond Benjamin's.

We live in San Joaquín in the barrio of Santa Marta.

These are the two super markets: Megasuper

...and Pali. (I like Pali better)

And, of course, we can't forget the food. Here is the Chinese resturant:

And Loncho's Pizza!

(Don't worry Mom, it isn't barred all the time, it was just closed when we got there :-P)

Sunday morning was a sad day because Noah left us :-(

Goodbye Noah!

(I will post all the pictures on Facebook as soon as it starts cooperating :-P)